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5/22/13, 3:16 PM -

Residents of East Cambridge should expect brief delays Sunday, May 26 between 10-10-30 a.m. due to ECBA Freedom Run. The fast course begins on 1st St. (corner of Thorndike); runners will turn right onto Binney St., left onto Cardinal Medeiros Ave., right onto Hampshire St., right on Cambridge St., right on 1st St., to finish line at corner of 1st St. & Thorndike St.

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